Keep On Strumming
Recorded by Elvie Shane
Album: Backslider (2021)

(No Capo)

(Intro.)
|(G) / (F) / |(C) / / / | x 4

(Verse 1)
Just a (G)red-blooded (F)boy from a (C)blue collar town
(G)Hooked on that Mus-(F)cle Shoals and (C)Motown sound
(G)Nashville (F)bound with my (C)head in the clouds
They said, "With (G)hopes so (F)high, boy, it's a (C)long way down"
But I was (F)born and raised American tough
If I (C)get knocked down, then I'll just get back up, y'all
 
(Chorus)
(G) Ooh-(F)ooh, I ain't no (C)fortunate son
Just a (G)country boy of (F)summer that was (C)born to run
(G) Ooh-(F)ooh, (C)can't you see?
I'm (G)runnin' against the (F)wind, out (C)here runnin' down a dream
Long as the (F)sun hits the sky, I'll hit the ground runnin'
Grab (C) my guitar and I'll keep on, keep on (G)strummin’ (F) (C)
 
(Post-Chorus)
(C) Gonna keep on (G)strummin’ (F) (C)
 
(Verse 2)
I (G)hit a few bumps tryin' to find my groove
Got a (F)little road rash on (C)16th Avenue
Now, (G)I work (F)hard, some-(C)times I get paid, y'all
(G)Sometimes, I (F)don't, I just (C)play anyway, singin'
 
(Chorus)
(G) Ooh-(F)ooh, I ain't (C)no fortunate son
Just a (G)country boy of (F)summer that (C)was born to run
(G) Ooh-(F)ooh, (C)can't you see?
I'm (G)runnin' against the (F)wind, out (C)here runnin' down a dream
Long as the (F)sun hits the sky, I'll hit the ground runnin'
(C)Grab my guitar and I'll keep on, keep on (G)strummin’ (F) (C)
 
(Post-Chorus)
Gonna keep on (C)strummin’ (G) (F)
Keep on (C)strummin’ (G) (F)
 
(Solo)
|(G) / (F) / |(C) / / / |
 
(Bridge)
If you (G)get knocked (F)down, you (C)get back up
Where (G)I come (F)from, you make (C)your own damn luck
You (G)get knocked down, you get back up
If you was born and raised American tough now
 
(Chorus)
(G) Ooh-(F)ooh, I ain't (C)no fortunate son
Just a (G)country boy of (F)summer that was (C)born to run
(G) Ooh-(F)ooh, (C)can't you see?
I'm (G)runnin' against the (F)wind, out (C)here runnin' down a dream
Long as the (F)sun hits the sky, I'll hit the ground runnin'
(C)Grab my guitar and I'll keep on, keep on (G)strummin’ (F) (C)
 
(Post-Chorus)
Gonna keep on (G)strummin' (F) (C) woo
Gonna keep on (G)strummin’ (F) (C)
 
(Outro)
Yeah, you (G)get knocked (F)down, you (C)get back up - - - - -